Classic Fights for Download

[Yogi]

Reupload the links later for me will ya

Yesterday I got the impression that were a Hagler fan, Yaman, and in case you don't have this one or haven't seen it, here's The Marvelous One at the absolute peak of his ability against Willie Monroe in their rubbermatch;

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...ABDFE654D255DA

Enjoy!

[BKM-]

I'd give you karma if i could. Thank you.

[Yogi]

Brilliant offering.

What a great fight and a vivid reminder of the depth of the heavyweight division in the 70's. Great toe to toe non-stop in-fighting action. Lyle was a strong, tough, hard hitting SOB with a ton of heart who just plain outlasted Shavers. Amazing to see Lyle all but KO'd in the 2nd round continue to stand and trade in close with Shavers. Great uppercuts from Lyle fighting off the ropes and great power right hands for the KO.

Early in this fight Shavers demonstrated a tight compact style, dipped well at the waist, had two handed power, was a busy infighter, mixed his attack and possessed decent handspeed. He was a better fighter technically than he is given credit for, often being portrayed as a crude one handed fighter which as this fight clearly shows he was not. His problem was always stamina.

You know, Sabbath, I just watched part of that Lyle/Shavers fight again and when I got to that Shavers' left hook at the end of the second round I had to sit there & play it back about four or five times. How the hell Lyle even got up from that punch I'll never know, and if you ask me, with the way Lyle looked so out of it down there, I'd say him getting up to win is even a bit more impressive than when Holmes did the same against Shavers.

Anyways, seeing as how there is so many fans of the heavyweights from that era on here, I'm going to continue on with another excellant, but shorter little slugfest that Frazier took part in (as soon as it's finished uploadeding). I'll also upload that Holmes/Shavers fight before too long, as well, and you guys can make the comparision of what I spoke of there.

[SABBATH]

You know, Sabbath, I just watched part of that Lyle/Shavers fight again and when I got to that Shavers' left hook at the end of the second round I had to sit there & play it back about four or five times. How the hell Lyle even got up from that punch I'll never know, and if you ask me, with the way Lyle looked so out of it down there, I'd say him getting up to win is even a bit more impressive than when Holmes did the same against Shavers.

Anyways, seeing as how there is so many fans of the heavyweights from that era on here, I'm going to continue on with another excellant, but shorter little slugfest that Frazier took part in (as soon as it's finished uploadeding). I'll also upload that Holmes/Shavers fight before too long, as well, and you guys can make the comparision of what I spoke of there.

Had Lyle caught that hook earlier in the round he may not have made it. He went down in sections and the ropes probably softened his landing.

[Yogi]

Had Lyle caught that hook earlier in the round he may not have made it. He went down in sections and the ropes probably softened his landing.

Yeah, Lyle may very well have not survived had it happened a bit earlier in the round, even if Shavers even had only one short opportunity to finsh the fight in the closing seconds before the round ended. But that's a "what if" type of scenario and we can't change the specifics of it to find out the answer to that question, so...

Great ****ing fight, though, and it's probably best that that "what if" question never was answered.

[SABBATH]

Yeah, Lyle may very well have not survived had it happened a bit earlier in the round, even if Shavers even had only one short opportunity to finsh the fight in the closing seconds before the round ended. But that's a "what if" type of scenario and we can't change the specifics of it to find out the answer to that question, so...

Great ****ing fight, though, and it's probably best that that "what if" question never was answered.

It's not like a still fresh Shavers didn't have the opportunity to duplicate it so full credit to Lyle who fought toe to toe with his back to the ropes and didn't clinch much.

We all saw what happened to Norton when he tried fighting off the ropes with Shavers...

[Yogi]

Short, but sweet...Joe Frazier vs. Manuel Ramos;

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...1BC1D6529CCF24

Enjoy!

[jabsRstiff]

Shavers, at times, sufferd from "one, or done".
I don't know how Holmes, Lyle, & Bernardo Mercado survived......& came back to beat Shavers.

[Yogi]

This is from the mid 80's, but this fight is one that would fit into both the "left hook from hell" and "short, but sweet" categories...

Mike Weaver vs. Carl Williams;

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...41917D38B9C2B7

Enjoy!

[Yogi]

An excellant fight between Holmes & Weaver coming up, but it's going to take some time as it's quite a large file...

Just enough time for this old fart to get some business done, I think.